Best wheel size suspension and tyres for smallholding quadbike replacement Jimny

DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome

From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.

Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)

I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer. :laugh:

Lambert wrote:

DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome

From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.

Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)

I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer. :laugh:

I knew you were a 'hoonigan' Lambert as soon as you expressed an interest in orange wheels and jimny track days . Yeah I'm just assuming from what the gent has said, he'll be using the jimny to get around his small holding off-road for the most part. In which case big fat cheap Insa tyres will be your best friend. They're readily available in 195/80/15 and other jimny friendly sizes.

Nothing wrong with remoulds in the correct setting and assuming it's predominantly on the small holding they are perfect if cash is tight. My Landy MTs are Kingpin remoulds. They have actually been a good tyre for the use it gets and I would fit them again without hesitation.
In the road biased world of my Jimny remoulds are not the correct choice, so it does not have them.

hoonigan? Me? Never! Probably.

Off road I agree with you that extreme tyres have a place if you are not really bothered about land damage on soft ish ground. But they're a serious compromise on wet tarmac.

It's always interesting to see another take on the same item. I had never considered the potential grass damage of the MT tyre not having any sheep to feed or need to protect the ground at the pay n play sites I visit. The other thing with aggressive MT tyres is road noise, they are very loud. To put it into context I have ear defenders in my Series Land rover for long Journeys.

Lambert wrote:

DAGZOOK wrote:
Hello and welcome

From what I've seen and read on the forum Insa Dakar or Insa Special track tyres are dirt cheap 4x4 remoulds that are suited to off road use. I agree with Lambert that a standard jimny in good mechanical order will get you anywhere.

Get yourself some Insa tyres (mentioned above) and if you're towing get some uprated standard ride height dampers (trailmaster or bistein B6)

I would be very cautious of using any kind of aggressive remoulded tyre in wet road conditions and I would be quite anxious with a trailer on the back if I had any extreme terrain tyre remoulded or new. They are designed for digging through mud and expelling it in large lumps as efficiently as possible not for gripping wet tarmac when being pushed down the road by a trailer. They are also quite good at doing doughnuts in car parks. Allegedly. I have absolutely no personal experience of this at all. Honestly. Officer. :laugh:

They should be fine on the road for the most part tbh. Although I wouldn't go for the Special Tracks personally. But diamonds as posted above.

As for towing, again should probably be fine. It's not as if the Jimny is rated to tow much anyhow.